Uzbekneftegaz enters new prospects of gas production

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekneftegaz (Uzbek Oil and Gas) started extracting gas from the second well of a new site located in Berdahsky Val in Ustyurt region, the press service of the company said in a statement.

According to the director of Uzneftegazgeologiya Gulmurod Mavlyanov, previously gas was found mainly in the upper and middle deposits of the Jurassic age. And now specialists of Uzbekneftegaz found an industrial gas condensate deposit "Kuyi Surgil" in the Lower Jurassic deposits.

This is the second productive well of this field. Its productivity was suggested by geologists earlier, the first confirmatory result came at the beginning of this year after the first well was drilled. The success of the second well confirms the prospects of the new field.

Having finished literally drilling the second prospecting well, we received an industrial inflow of natural gas and gas condensate, Gulmurod Mavlyanov said. The well is deep, it has been drilled more than 3600 m and, according to experts, the productive contour of the field is expanding.

At present, gas condensate studies are being conducted at the well and work on testing possible productive horizons will be completed within one month.

For further exploration of the deposit, a third well is also drilled and a fourth well is planned to be drilled.